Workshops

Saturday, September 30, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm
Traveling Companions
Intergenerational sound walk
"Take a walk at night. Walk so silently that the bot­toms of your feet become ears" - these are the words with which com­poser Pauline Oliveros guides us through one of her Sonic Meditations. And so, blind­folded, we’ll be strolling the nearby streets, lis­tening for the slightest noise! A passer-by whistling, the siren of a boat in the far dis­tance on the Seine, the breath of the wind on top of the build­ings... so many sounds that we will col­lect and put into shapes, tex­tures and colors to create a sound map of the neigh­bor­hood.

Wednesday, October 11, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm
Ghostdance
Family work­shop, ages 6 and up
By cre­ating beds spe­cially designed for resting (and nap­ping!) in the exhi­bi­tion, artist Konstantinos Kyriakopoulos invites us to reflect on our rela­tion­ship with sleep. Are we good sleepers, bad dreamers or sleep­walkers? After a time of sharing about our rela­tion­ship with the dark night, let’s create the night­light of our dreams. The one that can make happy ghosts dance and keep bad ones away!

Wednesday, October 25, from 2:30 to 4:30 pm
Lullaby for Daisy Pauline
Lullaby-visit, ages 0 to 3
Sometimes sung, some­times whis­pered, some­times even with their mouths closed, lul­la­bies are the rhythm of a new­born baby’s day. In this lul­laby-tour of the exhi­bi­tion - for some snug­gled up in your arms - you’ll dis­cover the sound uni­verse of Pauline Oliveros. Composed for her niece, the piece Lullaby for Daisy Pauline invites us to expe­ri­ence the oscil­la­tions and vibra­tions of the vocal cords like caresses. A time for par­ents and chil­dren to listen and hear skin-to-skin, let­ting them­selves be car­ried along by the swaying of their bodies.

Wednesday, November 8, from 2.30 to 4.30 pm
In the Houses of My Families
Family work­shop, ages 6 and up
The tick-tock of the alarm clock, the dring of the microwave, the plouc-plouc of the sink, the frrrcht-frrrcht of the pillow, the bing-bang of the saucepan... What sounds res­onate in our homes? What music plays in our daily lives? Using all kinds of objects col­lected in our kitchens, bed­rooms and bath­rooms, let’s become real musi­cians like Pauline Oliveros! Rubbing, tap­ping, blowing, pinching, scratching: let’s make all these objects vibrate and sound together until they become the instru­ments of a domestic orchestra!

All our activ­i­ties are free,
reg­is­tra­tion required public­s@­be­ton­salon.net
More infor­ma­tion at www.beton­salon.net

Illustrations by Rosa Mota Robles